Artist Statement I cut, erase, burn, draw and paint on maps, adding a new layer of information to the map. The shapes and patterns I use are taken from the map or derived from the landscape: waves, mud cracks, lake shapes or leaf cell patterns. When looking at a map, we look for clues to the map’s location, a place name or geological feature we recognize. My work disrupts this process by obliterating or obscuring information. Pierced patterns expose the fiction inherent in using a two-dimensional sheet of paper to represent a three dimensional landscape. By emphasizing aesthetic qualities of the map and obliterating or suppressing it’s functional qualities, I transform it from a scientific document into an aesthetic object.